...Red truck The short story ”Red truck” by Maria Behan was published in 2006, is about a man called Fintan. Sylvia his girlfriend tricked him he though they were going to the planetarium, instead she drived him to visit his mother, to pick up his stuff from the house, before she moves out of it. When Fintan came to the house, he went immediately up to the attic. While he looked through the boxes, he found his red truck. Simply by just looking at the truck and the rest of his stuff, he was reminded of his 6th birthday and that summer. That little red truck meant a lot to him. One day he woke up, and saw that the truck isn’t were it should be. He looked after the truck in the entire house, but blamed it on his older brothers Shane and Peter. Fintan helped his mother charring some food, than on his way home he founds his red truck. Fintan went down from the ceiling. He showed his mother what he found, his red truck but in his brothers box. Fintan is a man almost in the 50s. When you’re in that age, it’s easier to fall into a midlife crisis. A midlife crisis can lead to frustration or a crisis, about the situation you’re in, because you realize that you get older and closer to death. Fintan doesn’t have a job even if people told him to behave according to his age, get a job so he can save up for retirement “ Others had begun to use the pile-up of years against him, advising him to act his age, get a real job, save for retirement, bur Fintan couldn’t imagine needing a pension”...
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...Red Truck By Maria Behan 1. The short-story is about a man called Fintan. He’s being tricked by his cohabiter, to visit his mother and clear out his things, because she’s moving. While he’s looking through his boxes, he finds a red truck. As he sees it, he gets reminded of his 6th birthday and the rest of that summer. The red truck was his favourite present, and he used to play with it every day. A month after his birthday, he woke up and saw that the truck has disappeared from it’s usually place on his bedside table. After searching the entire house, he figured that his brother had taken it to tease him. Fintan was so mad that he got a fit of rage. At the end of that summer, Fintan carried some lunch to the working men for his mother. On his way home, he found his red truck in the long grass, took it with him back home and hid it in the false bottom of his wardrobe. As an adult, he won’t admit that he was wrong about the truck and tells his mother that he found it in one of his brother’s boxes. 2. Fintan is an almost 50 year old man, who likes younger women. All of his girlfriends have been in their late 20s and all of them have graduated from art school. Fintan doesn’t have a job. He has a time problem. He has always thought that the years would progress slowly, and that he wouldn’t need a pension. People have told him to start acting his age and to get a job, but he won’t. He won’t face the necessity of getting the pension that he is supposed to live by, when he becomes...
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...Red truck 1. A short story by Maria Behan. The Red Truck is about an almost fifty years old man. Who has to clear his things out of the attic in his mother's house, but in the start of the story, he doesn't want to do it. When he starts cleaning up the attic, he finds an old dinky truck and when he saw it and touched it, he was transferred back to his sixth birthday. It had been his favorite gift, he played a lot with the truck back then and one day he lost it. He thought that his brothers had stolen the truck, because they used to tease him. But one day he found it, and it was himself who had lost it playing in a cornfield. He didn't told anyone that he found it back then. When he leaves the attic now, he goes to his mother to show her what he found in his brothers box's. 2. When he was young, he was the youngest brother, he had 2 older brothers Peter and Shane. He was daily bullied by his older brothers. His father is the house's leader, and Fintan respects him a lot, even though the father doesn't attend to his birthday party. Fintan finds a way of escaping the bullying he experiences every day in the truck he got in a gift “the truck seemed to hint at the possibility of manliness and eventual escape from the humiliations heaped on him by Shane and Peter.” When the truck then disappears he starts claiming his brothers, they have stolen his only joy away from him. When he found it again he became dishonest, and revengeful as he discover his own mistake, so he lies...
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...The short story „Red Truck“ written by Maria Behan in 2006 is about a guy called Fintan who is being tricked by Sylvia to get his stuff out of his old mother’s house because she’s moving. When he finds a red truck in one of his boxes, he begins to think about his childhood. He remembers how he got the red truck at his 6th birthday and that it was his favorite toy until he lost it. After he searched in the whole house, he thought his brother took it to make a joke of him. After a while he found the truck in a field and so he remembered how he lost it while running away from peter. He didn’t know what to do but then he took it in his wardrobe because nobody should ever know. He doesn’t want the others to know the true story so he runs to his mother to tell her that he founded the truck in his brother’s box. Fintan is fifty years old and he always has young girlfriends who all are art students. He never settled down with a family or something like this, because he has a big problem with the time, he can’t deal with it. He always thought the years would pass slowly. In his opinion it doesn’t matter if he won’t be that old. He has no plans for his future. Many people told him to get a job but Fintan never did. He doesn’t earn much money with his sculptures. Fintan can’t confess his own mistakes, what you can see at the point when he tells her mother that he found the red truck in his brother’s room, although he had have it all the time. Furthermore it seems that the relationship...
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...Red Truck Summary of Red Truck. Fintan is headed to the planetarium together with his girlfriend Sylvia. Actually they are not going to the planetarium, but are on their way to visit Fintan´s mother. Sylvia has made a deal with Fintan´s mother, so Fintan can move his old things from the attic, because the house had been sold. When Fintan begins rummage the boxes in the attic, he found his old red dinky truck and starts to get memories from his sixth birthday, when the red truck had been his favorite gift, and become his most precious toy. But one day it is missing. Fintan searches the hole house but can´t find the truck and ends up blaming his brothers of having stolen it. Fintan finds it a few months later and decides not to tell anyone. Back in the reality he goes down in the kitchen and tells his mother that Peter his older brother had left him the truck in the attic. Characterization of Fintan. Fintan is a month shy of his fiftieth birthday. He doesn´t act his age and don´t have a real job. He don´t believe in saving for retirement because he couldn't imaging needing a pension, that is because he is living the free life as a artist. Fintan has a problem with time, he thought he could control the time and use it, when he had found out what he want to do with it. But he is beginning to realize that the time has caught up with him. He wants still to be young, this we can see by he has younger girlfriends and they were always art students. Fintan is grown up with two elder...
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...Bear Hunters Become the New Back Road Traffic If you’ve spent any amount of time on the back roads of Northern Lower Michigan this summer, chances are you’ve seen pickup trucks flying by with dog boxes on the back of them. Sometimes the trucks are just sitting idle on the side of a country road; sometimes they’re parked on a remote two-track. You may have seen the drivers and passengers of the trucks hop out with leashes latched around their shoulders, talking into a two-way radio. No, these aren’t mobile dog kennels. They’re not animal control either. They’re bear hunters who are taking their time this summer to train their hounds to run black bear in preparation for the coming kill season. They are the new back road traffic. It’s important for houndsmen to whip their dogs into shape before the season starts. This is done by putting the dogs on a hot trail during the training season. A day of training generally starts before the sun rises over the forest. Hunters...
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...directions indicated on any sign so erected. R.S.O. 1990, c. H.8, s. 182 (2). ASK FOR THE POLICE OFFICER’S DISCLOSURE On Feb 11, 2013 at approximately 10:30 pm, I was heading east towards Ajax exiting the off ramp at Westney Road, travelling about 30-35 km/hour due to the poor weather conditions. There was a mid-size transport truck to the right of my van as I proceeded to the light. As I approached the intersection, very soon after the first pedestrian crossing line the light turned amber. Both myself and the truck continued to turn left, the truck driver crossed the intersection before me because I slowed down while turning. That night it was freezing rain and there was snow on the ground. Just a few days earlier there was one of biggest winter storm to hit the city in five years, on February 11, 2013 we were still feeling the after affects of the storm. I made what I knew to be a safe turn into the intersection. I was stopped by the police officer and when asked “do you know why you were stopped” I answered no. The officer explained that I went through an amber light and the only reason he stopped me instead of the truck was because the truck had crossed the intersection before me. I explained to him that I did not turn on a...
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...As I walk through the Minnesota woods, I breathe in the crisp fall air. I see and hear the sounds of the chickadees, gliding and chirping through the tops of the trees. I am engaged in the specific deep reds, blues and yellows of these intricate creatures. Leading me, a man gets into his light blue, 1987 GMC Sierra. The truck smells of Copenhagen tobacco, along with Johnny Cash’s hit single “I Walk the Line” on cassette, playing in the background. As I get into the truck, I study the man’s stone-cold unique face. A few missed patches of whiskers, along with big, bushy, white eyebrows and eyes as blue as him GMC truck. This is my caring, take-the-shirt-off-your-back Grandpa. Ever since I can remember, my brother and I have been calling my grandfather on my mother’s side Grandpa Up. Being that my grandparents live on Lake Vermilion, we...
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...Memorandum To: Richard Merton, President, Merton Truck Company From: Khushdeep Kaur Date: October 22, 2013 ------------------------------------------------- RE: Merton truck company financial performance and product mix concerns Introduction: As requested an analysis was done to find out the most suitable product mix for Merton Truck Company in an effort to find out the combination that maximizes contribution and whether Truck 101 is really losing money or not. Analysis also aimed at finding out that whether the company should rent additional capacity by purchasing additional engines from an outside supplier to relieve the capacity problem in the engine assembly department. The calculations were based on the revenue for each model, machine hours required for each job, total machine hours available per month and variable cost per truck. Discussion: Currently Merton’s is producing 1000 model 101 trucks per month and 1500 model 102 trucks per month. At this level Model 102 assembly and engine assembly were operating at capacity and metal stamping at 83.3% capacity and Model 101 assembly at 40% capacity. Data used for analysis: Data regarding given capacity of the engine assembly line, machine hours availability and requirement for completing various manufacturing jobs, standard product costs for each model and the overhead budget for 2012. Method: For finding the product mix that maximizes contribution a linear programming model was prepared using, maximize monthly...
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...absolutely beautiful car. It had a big block Chevy motor, modified 4 speed transmission, and a beautiful candy apple red paint job. I cannot remember a time when I wasn’t in the garage after school, just turning wrenches so it would be closer to running again. Then the dreadful day came. I still remember the sound of the flatbed tow truck pulling down the street to come get the car. The man came from Upstate New York to purchase my car. Or so I thought it was mine. My father needed the money and, just like that, all my hard work was gone. I did not talk to my father for months after that. He tried everything to try to get me to forgive him; taking me to the drag races, taking me to the dirt bike track to get a couple laps in....
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...New Technology in the Trucking Industry Sheila Hanson Southern New Hampshire University English Composition II (Eng.123) Professor McIntyre December 15, 2014 New Technology in the Trucking Industry Drivers who travel the interstate have shared the road with an 18 – wheeler, which incorporates a large portion of the transportation service industry (also known as the trucking industry), and have witnessed firsthand new technology working not only to protect the driver but you as well. New technology is defined as the specific methods, materials, and devices used to solve practical problems. Research has shown that new technology has been both helpful and harmful in changing the trucking industry, but was needed. The electronic log, an electronic clearance system (also called PrePass), and the on-board computer (also called EOBRs which stands for Electric On-Board Recorder) are some of the new technologies implemented by the trucking industry that are designed to improve safety, productivity, and help the trucking industry keep up with the changes of the manufacturing and distribution industry's choice to keep a lower level of inventory on hand by using the just-in-time business practice. The following table illustrates the major changes to the trucking industry by Congress that required new technology, in order for the trucking industry to comply with the new regulation. Table 1-History of Changes in the Trucking Industry Date | Event | 1935 | Congress passed the...
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...Street Sacramento, California, 95817 April 17, 2015 CONFIDENTIAL ATTORNEY-CLIENT PRIVILEGE Mr. Adam Ewing 1629 Chatham Street Sacramento, CA 95817 RE: Move It Now´s duty of care. Dear Mr. Ewing, During our conversation last week, you asked me to research whether you would be able to successfully sue Move It Now, Inc. and its owners because of the injuries you received when your car was struck by a truck owned by Move It Now and that had been stolen from Move It Now´s lot. My opinion is based on the following facts: The Cavendishes own Move it Now, a franchise located in an area zoned for commercial use in Sacramento. The building has an office and besides it there is a large parking lot for the trucks. In the first stage of the business, the trucks were locked, but after a fire occurred, the firefighters commented to the Cavendishes “that it would have been nice to be able to move those trucks.” Since that incident occurred, they leave the keys in the ignition of the trucks. All those trucks are automatic...
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...big AND go home happy in this latest 11th generation Chevy. This powerhouse, Chevy Suburban, was celebrated with it's own celebrity country music video and sings new features that will dazzle you for years to come. I will give you a backstage tour on what features this longest-running nameplate and American staple offers you this year. Lets get started. What’s New for the 2018 Chevy Suburban? This Suburban is still your 9 passenger, super-hauler or towing-titan with additional features. On the exterior, the champagne silver metallic color is on permanent hiatus. The addition is a Satin Steel Metallic color. For safety, the LED Daytime Running Lamps are now standard on the LS and LT trim levels. Chevy doesn't stop there, the Rally Sports Truck or RST for short, package on the LT and Premier trim levels which includes: Unique Gloss Black Sport grille with body-color surround Front and rear black bow-ties 22" Gloss Black aluminum wheels with custom silver inserts Black mirror caps Black roof rails Body-color...
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...Truck Max E-Business Marketing Plan Serena S. Joyner MBA- IT Management E-Business QRT2 Task 1 November 1, 2012 E-business is relativity new and refers how companies do business on the internet. PC Magazine defines Electronic Business as “Doing Business online. The term is often used synonymously with e-commerce but e-business is more of an umbrella term for having a presence on the Web.” (2012) In our ever changing world where a companies’ online presence is equally important as the sign on the front door, it only makes sense for a business to spend time and money on their online business. A1. Viability of Product or Service Truck Max is a family business that was established in 1989 by two brothers in Miami, Florida. Truck Max sells, rents and services a wide variety of Commercial Trucks. Truck Max began as a simple repair business for local tow truck drivers and expanded into the business it is today. Truck Max began to sell used trucks in 1996 once they had trucks that were repaired but the owners were unable to pay. By the year 2000, they began to carry the new lines of the most popular trucks and they are currently an authorized dealer for Isuzu Commercial Trucks, GMC Trucks, Hino Trucks, Mitsubishi Fuso and Volvo Trucks. Most recently they were added to the distribution network of Dynamic Towing and Equipment Manufacturing which will expand the inventory they carry...
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...I chose to take part in a ride along with Lake Charles Police Department’s Officer F. White. I began my ride along around 7:30 P.M. and ended around 12:00 A.M. Officer White is one of many patrol officers on the L.C.P.D. force. His supervisor is Lieutenant Smith. He supervises Officer White and many other patrol officers by radio contact and video surveillance from inside the police station on Enterprise Blvd. Our first event occurred at approximately 7:50 when we pulled over an old Chevrolet pickup truck for illegal placement and lighting of his license plate. As Officer White approached the vehicle he made sure to leave a finger print on the tail light of the truck for safety reasons and to make identification of the vehicle easier in case he got hurt and the truck drove away. Officer White ran a background check on the driver and found no warrants for his arrest or unpaid tickets, so he let the man go with a warning to get the placement and lighting of the license plate corrected. After the man drove away, a disturbing call came over the radio, “A black male is holding a gun to the head of a black female and threatening to shoot.” Officer White hurriedly threw the car in drive and raced to the scene. Upon arrival, another officer had already gotten there and had the man by the arm dragging him out of the house and into the driveway. By the time White got out of the vehicle, five other L.C.P.D. units (including a K-9 unit) with nine officers, one S.W.A.T. unit with three...
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